Paris MarxMar 7, 2023

Not only does Elon Musk not have a clue what he’s talking about, but this is *exactly* what he tried to do at PayPal, claiming it needed a full “V2” rewrite of the code when it didn’t.

Instead, it shifted resources away from key areas, caused PayPal to lose much more money to fraud, and eventually got him ousted as CEO.

Last month, I wrote about Elon Musk’s time at PayPal and how he’s repeating his mistakes from that period: https://www.disconnect.blog/p/elon-musk-wants-to-relive-his-start

#tech #elonmusk #twitter #paypal

Elon Musk wants to relive his start-up days. He’s repeating the same mistakes.

What PayPal’s history teaches us about Elon Musk’s management of Twitter

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Show threadAshton
@parismarx a large part of me is saying "just let him try again." Let him completely screw up the platform and lose more cash.
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Show threadRichservo Mar 7, 2023
@theashtonstarr @parismarx problem is. He won’t go broke. That’s the issue with austerity. When you’re handed enough money to fail over and over you get losers like this that stay rich for life.
Show threadmattlqxMar 8, 2023
@richservo people like that can even become President of the United States I hear. 😞
Show threadRichservo Mar 8, 2023
@matt I’m very grateful that musk is ineligible.
Show threadDaniel SwartzMar 9, 2023
@matt @richservo Or at least pretends to be a billionaire.
Show threadDaniel SwartzMar 9, 2023
@richservo @theashtonstarr @parismarx And the person handing over that money for those losers today is Marc Andreesen. #musk #AdamNeumann
Show thread⁂Krafty⁂ #NoKingsMar 8, 2023
@theashtonstarr @parismarx well at least the service he's killing is just Twitter and not something with actual importance
Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergMar 8, 2023
@theashtonstarr @parismarx My entire being wants Elmo to drive Twitter to its complete and utter obliteration, beyond any repair. The world does not need Twitter. We have ActivityPub.